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Radioactive Water Leak at Fukushima Plant

21.08.2013 - Contaminated water with dangerously high levels of radiation is leaking from a storage tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the most serious setback to the clean up of...

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Fukushima Daiichi: What's Going On At Japan's Crippled Nuclear Power Plant?

11.07.2011 - Japanese engineers are inching towards gaining control of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, triggering the...

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Japan Makes New Nuclear Safety Vows after Quake Disaster

08.06.2011 - Japan on Tuesday pledged to overhaul regulation of nuclear power, saying that lax standards and poor oversight had contributed to the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986...

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U.N. Body To Probe Fukushima Radiation Impact

24.05.2011 - A U.N. scientific body said on Monday it would study the radiation impact of Japan's nuclear disaster on people and the environment, but it did not expect to detect any major...

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Fukushima Daiichi: What's Going On At Japan's Damaged Nuclear Power Plant?

18.05.2011 - Japanese engineers are trying to gain control of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, which was crippled by the huge March 11 earthquake...

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Japan Says Nuclear Policy Must Be Reviewed From Scratch

11.05.2011 - Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Tuesday that renewable energy would be a key pillar of Japan's energy policy after the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years and that its...

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Fukushima Daiichi: What's Going On At Japan's Damaged Nuclear Power Plant?

09.05.2011 - Japanese engineers are trying to gain control of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, which was destroyed by the huge March 11 earthquake...

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Workers To Enter Japan Reactor For 1st Time Since Blast

05.05.2011 - Workers were set to enter the No.1 reactor building at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Thursday for the first time since an explosion ripped its roof off a day...